Raptors Close to Hiring Casey?

Seems Dwane Casey was in town on Tuesday to be interviewed for the job – he flew up between Dallas winning the championship and today’s parade – and that would lead me to believe that Bryan Colangelo has to be getting close to making a decision on Jay Triano’s replacement.

No one will say it even off the record because things are being held more close to the vest on this decision than any other in Bryan’s tenure it seems, but It only makes sense that Casey would have been the last of the interviews since they had to wait for him to finish his season.

And that might give us an announcement in the next few days.

Looks like Casey was in for an interview on Tuesday (the man barely had time to celebrate!).

Smith seems to think that Bryco is close to making a decision and it looks likes it could be Casey.

I can live with this. The guy has a ring, I have to respect that. The way the Mavs played the Heat on D was an illustration of excellence. He's not my first choice but I'm sure he's a big upgrade to Triano. They team is moving in the right direction.

If he can teach our boys that zone D that absolutely wrecked havoc on Miami (and many other teams) it's a worthy hire in itself. Hopefully English or somebody can figure out a offense that isn't as predictable and boring as the past few years.

Hmmm, I didn't get the same reading from the article at all. Just that Casey was the last of the interviews and now that his is done, BC has all the info he needs to make a decision. I'm hoping it's Casey, but there was nothing in this article that suggested the Raps were leaning that way.

Hmmm, I didn't get the same reading from the article at all. Just that Casey was the last of the interviews and now that his is done, BC has all the info he needs to make a decision. I'm hoping it's Casey, but there was nothing in this article that suggested the Raps were leaning that way.

Yeah I should clarify. It was Smith's opinion that the raps are close to making a decision, and also his opion that Casey is a better choice than Frank.

The Detroit Pistons will interview Kelvin Sampson for their vacant head coaching position at the end of the week, according to a source. Sampson, an assistant coach with the Milwaukee Bucks, was a head coach at Indiana and Oklahoma at the college level. Sampson will meet with Pistons president of basketball operations Joe Dumars, who will be hiring his third coach since June 2008

The end of the week is today or tomorrow - maybe Saturday.

I hope BC makes an offer soon so the Raps aren't left with sloppy seconds.

my first guess is biyombo. that zone D doesn't work nearly as effectively if they don't have chandler in there for shot blocking and rebounding. yes, davis could do it but you need 2 adequate defenders. dirks D has gotten a lot better over the years. bargs' is nonexistent.

Some of you guys are putting way too much weight on Dallas winning the Championship and giving credit to Casey. Carlesimo won a Championship as an assistant with the Spurs and I don't see many rushing to hire him as the Raptors head coach. I'm not saying Casey won't be a good coach, but assuming he will be because he was an assistant coach with Dallas is simply wrong.